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Topic: Coronavirus

Coronavirus or Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It is a viral disease that turned into a pandemic in early 2020. The first known case was recorded in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Coronavirus has multiple variants such as Delta and Omicron, and its most common symptoms are fever, chills and sore throat.

How DD & AIR are helping bust fake news around COVID-19 and creating awareness

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
AIR has been broadcasting programmes with doctors, while informative COVID-19 videos have been set as default on DD Free Dish channels.

COVID-19: Jagran calls for citizen cooperation, Ujala says take inspiration from S Korea

Gaurav Singh -
A weekend round up of editorial comments in leading Hindi newspapers on the most topical issues of the week.

Between sanitiser and gaumutra for COVID-19, many in Modi’s India have made historical choice

Kaveree Bamzai -
Cow urine is a great political leveller. From hyper-secular Congress leader Digvijaya Singh to ministers in Modi’s cabinet, cow urine has won many fans.

Singer Kanika Kapoor booked for negligence by Lucknow police

PTI -
A Lucknow chief medical officer filed an FIR against the Bollywood singer, who tested positive for COVID-19 after attending several gatherings.

Bhutan and Nepal contribute to COVID-19 emergency fund, PM Modi thanks them

PTI -
Addressing the SAARC leaders and representatives on March 15 via video, Modi had proposed the emergency fund with an initial offer of USD 10 million from India for the purpose.

US, China rivalry spills over into India’s neighbourbood in the form of coronavirus aid

Nayanima Basu -
US and China have been on a coronavirus aid-giving spree to Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal amid the unprecedented crisis the South Asian countries are facing.

Journalism in the time of corona: This is the biggest story of our lives

Shekhar Gupta -
A billion-plus people expect us to be around, watching, reporting, editing, recording this for posterity, blowing the whistle on injustices and state failures.

Janata curfew is Modi’s 2nd stab at social mobilisation, but it can be a double-edged sword

TN Ninan -
PM Modi’s TV broadcast has made citizens responsible for their own well-being in the face of COVID-19. If it works, it could lead to more ambitious measures.

As India reports highest increase in COVID-19 cases in a day, govt to admit all suspected patients

Himani Chandna -
The government will now admit all suspected patients of COVID-19, unlike earlier where patients with travel history or contact history were considered for testing

Mohali woman with coronavirus ‘dragged’ to govt hospital, Chandigarh reports 4 new cases

Chitleen K Sethi -
Total number of cases in Chandigarh now stands at 5, while the number for Punjab has gone up to 3. Man who died in Nawanshahr may have infected many more.
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Ashwani Mahajan -
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Economy

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

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Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Defence

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Snehesh Alex Philip -
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National Interest

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

Shekhar Gupta -
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?

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